2+ week, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) Does leaving federal service present a bigger missed opportunity cost? A private-sector job offer can be hard to ignore. Maybe it comes with a $20,000 raise. Maybe it’s $50,000 more. In some cases, it could even double your federal salary. But what…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) What if “impossible” just means nobody has tried the right approach yet? While government isn’t usually associated with taking big risks, that’s exactly the idea behind the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H. It’s an agency designed to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (523+ words) What is the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund and how can it help you? Most federal employees don’t realize they’re one unexpected expense away from financial crisis. And even fewer know there’s a nonprofit built specifically to help them…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (614+ words) If you can’t recall the last time you looked closely at your FEGLI plan, you may want to take a look. Long-term care is even easier to push down the list as a problem for some distant version of yourself…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (614+ words) Hear how you can stop thinking of your health plan as something you simply have, and start thinking of it as something you can actively use. Open Season can feel like a once-a-year chore: compare a few premiums, make your…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (665+ words) You’ve spent decades building your TSP. You contributed, your agency contributed, and you watched the balance grow. But once you finally retire, the strategy changes. You’re no longer building the account but starting to spend it down. That shift can…...